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Administrative
Assistant's
sEPTEmbEr 2014
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Getting
along with
your boss
You can't change your boss, but
you can change the way you deal
with her. The key is to find out
what she wants from you and
figure out how to provide it, ac-
cording to Steve Arneson, author
of What Your Boss Really Wants
From You. Ask yourself: What
business gurus does your boss
listen to? Is her business style con-
servative or more creative? You
should also think about what your
boss's mandate and goals are, and
try to see how you can help her
accomplish them, says Arneson.
You can even ask her, "what
is your mission in your current
role?" She's likely proud of her
role and will be eager to tell you
about it.
Read more in this Globe and
Mail article: http://bit.ly/1r28Dph
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Staying on track with these tips.
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Three simple and easy tricks.
By Joyce Grant
A good fit with the corporate culture
is so important that several large
firms are now paying new hires to
quit if they find that once they have
experienced the corporate culture
they don't really like it.
Riot Games is an international
company, headquartered in Califor-
nia, that creates computer games.
They have a strong corporate culture
that includes, according to their
website, valuing employees who
challenge convention: "Impossible's
our favorite kind of possible. Doing
the right thing often requires disre-
garding the rules and upending the
status quo."
They also say they "foster en-
trepreneurial teams who prefer
action (kicking ass) over process
and bureaucracy (taking names).
As a meritocracy, we hold Rioters
accountable for exercising
judgment and delivering
value."
The company gives
every Riot employee, or
"Rioter" $300 to spend on
any video game because
they believe in the power
of video games, "and not just our
own."
The company also offers flexible
hours, subsidized dinners, annual
company outings, ongoing training,
top-of-the-line computer equipment
(even their chairs are top-of-the-
line) and weekly visits from certified
masseuses.
Not everyone would be interested
in a workplace like that—although
for certain people it might seem like
a dream job.
In order to sort out the ones who
feel the same way they do, Riot is
offering what they call a "queue
dodge." They'll pay 10 per cent of
their salary up to $25,000 to any
new hire who decides that the Riot
culture isn't for them in the first
60 days of their employment.
"If someone gags on the unique
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Cultural fit is so key that new hires are being...
Paid to quit
